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Dribble of Snail.

By gail in Everything Else on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:54 am


snail

For that hard-to-buy-for someone — Baba de caracol, translated by the manufacturer as "dribble of snail."

The studies have verified that the dribble of snail allows to prevent
and to eliminate wrinkles, to attenuate grooves, to eliminate scars
caused for wounded and burns of first degree, to remove the acne, to
clean spots produced by the sun. It has also demonstrated to be
effective to eliminate warts of the skin.

Via gimcrack, where Nurse Myra has many more snail-related factoids.


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  1. !
    Dec 13th, 2007 at 9:17 am

    Penn and Teller did a Placebo Effect segment involving dribble of snail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzjoKhBklYg

  2. anon
    Dec 13th, 2007 at 10:40 am

    The first time I saw the Bulls--t! episode linked above I expected this would come to pass (much like every other viewer, probably).

    What I want to know is...how long does it take to milk a snail for enough goo to fill one of those teeny little bottles?

  3. shecky
    Dec 13th, 2007 at 11:21 am

    I think Snail Slobber is a better translation.

  4. Chris
    Dec 13th, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    it's good for coughing too.

    http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/phbi/1998/00000036/0000000 1/art00005

    just read the first sentence...

  5. Vonskippy
    Dec 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    Behold! The power of snail dribble.

  6. Lux
    Dec 14th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    there used to be lots of ads about this thing in my country. But one day they stopped airing because everyone found out it didn't do anything... plus, it wasn't really from snails.

  7. Jezebel
    Dec 21st, 2007 at 10:33 pm

    The best part is the almost painfully obvious photoshop job where the words were put onto the front of an apparently empty jar. . . that ruins the credability for me right there.

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